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package org.apache.qpid.disttest.client.property;

import org.apache.qpid.disttest.DistributedTestException;

/**
 * Creates property value instances using given alias (type) value.
 */
public class PropertyValueFactory
{
    public PropertyValue createPropertyValue(String type)
    {
        try
        {
            return getPropertyValueClass(type).newInstance();
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            throw new DistributedTestException("Unable to create a generator for a type:" + type, e);
        }
    }

    public Class<PropertyValue> getPropertyValueClass(String type) throws ClassNotFoundException
    {
        String className = "org.apache.qpid.disttest.client.property."
                           + Character.toTitleCase(type.charAt(0))
                           + type.substring(1)
                           + "PropertyValue";
        return (Class<PropertyValue>) Class.forName(className);
    }
}
